Peter Saville, Nick Knight, Mariacarla Boscono, Gideon Ponte, Francesca Burns and Alana Zimmer

Soft Furnishings

As backdrop to an editorial story for July 2009 Wallpaper* magazine, Peter Saville's febrile imagination constructs an imaginary 'Erotic House' of Pop perversity, sexualising an entire post-modern environment and fetishising furniture, fashion and flesh alike.

Interview Gallery

A series of video interviews conducted on-set examine the motivations and inspirations behind Soft Furnishings: The Erotic House of Peter Saville in the words of the key contributors: stylist Francesca Burns, model Mariacarla Boscono, photographer Nick Knight and of course Peter Saville himself.

Alongside these interviews, SHOWstudio Fashion Director Alexander Fury examines his favourite piece from the shoot - an Autmn/Winter 2009 Marios Schwab 'cracked crystal' cocktail dress.

Peter Saville

Peter Saville
Nick Knight

Nick Knight
Fran Burns

Fran Burns
Mariacarla Boscono

Mariacarla Boscono
Marios Schwab Dress

Marios Schwab Dress

About

Soft Furnishings was a fashion shoot with a difference, sprung from the fertile imagination of graphic design legend Peter Saville and captured by Nick Knight for the July 2009 issue of Wallpaper* magazine. Inspired by the distinctly modish fetishisation of contemporary furniture design - and applying this to the sexualisation of an entire environment - Peter Saville worked with Knight, set designer Gideon Ponte and the Wallpaper* team to construct an imaginary 'Erotic House' of Pop perversity, layering abstract and contrasting colours and textures inspired by Richard Hamilton's collages and Allen Jones' canvases to invent a variety of 'rooms' for the eroticised abode.

To people this post-modern dreamhome, Nick Knight and Peter Saville turned to stylist Francesca Burns, Italian model Mariacarla Boscono and Autumn/Winter 2009 fashion from the likes of Chanel, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Lanvin, accessorised by the less standard accoutrements of the sexual playroom.

The entire process of creating and documenting Saville's 'Erotic House' was documented real-time on SHOWstudio, highlights uploaded live from the set and a three-minute 'Making Of' short released alongside the editorial's publication in the July 2009 'Sex' issue of Wallpaper*.

Credits / Contributors

Shoot
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Photography: Nick Knight
Styling: Francesca Burns at Management + Artists
Set Design: Gideon Ponte
Models: Mariacarla Boscono at Women Management, Alana Zimmer at Supreme, Tony Bruce at Storm, David O'Donnell 
Hair: Christian Wood  Make-up: Hannah Murray at Julian Watson 
Nails: Marian Newman at Streeters
Casting: Sidonie Barton
Digital Capture: Joseph Colley
Photographic Assistance: Tristan Thomson, Andy Vowles and Adam Goodison
Styling Assistance: Julia Sarr Jamois, Helen McGuckin and Rosa Maria Bertoli
Set Design Assistance: Poppy Bartlett
Make-up Assistance: Lauren Parsons
Hair Assistance: Jess Furlan
Production: Gainsbury & Whiting
Production Assistance: Stefania Farah NK Image
Production: Charlotte Wheeler
Lighting: Kinetic
Post Production: Epilogue Imaging
Location: Park Royal Studios, London
SHOWstudio
Creative Direction: Paul Hetherington
Editorial Direction and Interviews: Alexander Fury
Editorial and Production Management: Laura Bradley
Technical Development: Ross Phillips and Dorian Moore
Camera Operators: Rik Patel, Antonio Silva and Andy Vowles
Vision Mixing: Jez Tozer
Film Editing: Harry Hanrahan
Design Assistance: Kate Swingler 
Editorial Assistance: Isabella Burley, Lauren Fried and Caroline Legrand

Special thanks to all at Wallpaper* and Anna Blessmann

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